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| Wednesday Afternoon Headlines: Mega-Millions, More Car Vandalism, Bruce Springsteen, LA Dodgers |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/28/12 8:12 am | updated: 03/28/12 8:12 am |
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So you didn't win the Mega-Millions jackpot. Don't feel bad. No one else did either. Get ready to line up for tickets for Friday's drawing. Friday's Mega-Millions jackpot will be worth over $476 million, the largest jackpot ever.
See also: Mega Millions $640 Million Record Jackpot Numbers 3/30
The vehicle vandalism in the Northeast is not over yet. After a tire slasher was arrested yesterday, 16 Cars... Read More |
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| Former Female School Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relationship with 15-year-old Student |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/27/12 7:46 pm | updated: 03/27/12 7:46 pm |
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Nicole Jacques, 25, of Hatfield, Montgomery Country, is charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and corruption of a minor. She was a private school teacher at Calvary Baptist School in Lansdale, PA, until she quit in 2011. She is charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old student from that school where she taught.
This year the boy's father discovered that his son and Jacques had a relationship and reported the behavior to the police, on Feb. 10. Hatfield... Read More |
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| The North East Philly Tire Slasher on Video Has Been Arrested |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/27/12 10:06 am | updated: 03/27/12 10:06 am |
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Quincy Kramer, 21, has been arrested and charged with slashing the tires of nine cars last week in Northeast Philadelphia. He is the suspect in an incident that happened last Thursday night in the 3300 block of Cottman Ave. where cars were vandalized.
The vandal was caught on video surveillance camera in the act of slashing two of those tires, which was released by Philadelphia Police with a description looking for short-haired white male in his late teens or early 20s. Tipsters... Read More |
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| Mayor Nutter calls Trayvon an "assassination"; Hoodie Rally planned for Monday at Love Park |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/25/12 2:02 pm | updated: 03/25/12 2:02 pm |
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| Philadelphians will rally once again Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Love Park with a candlelight vigil. This is the one month anniversary of the death of teenager Trayvon Martin. Organizers are asking that demonstrators show up wearing hoodies as a show of support of the unarmed teenager who was killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. This is the second organized demonstration in Philadelphia, there was a march on Friday which drew thousands. There have been other such... Read More |
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| Northeast Philly Tire Slashing Suspect Caught on Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/24/12 5:16 pm | updated: 03/24/12 5:16 pm |
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Philadelphia Police have a break in the case of tire slashing vandalism that has run rampant in the North East without any clues for months. They now have surveillance footage from 9:30pm on Thursday night showing a young man slashing the tires of two cars at Cottman and Rowland avenues. There were a total of 9 vehicles vandalized that night.
The person in the video calming slashes the tires of one car, then goes across the street and hits another. The whole incident lasts under... Read More |
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| Thousands of Philadelphians Join 'Million Hoodie March'; Obama calls it a "tragedy" |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/23/12 8:15 pm | updated: 03/23/12 9:12 pm |
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Several thousand people marched in Philly from 30th Street Station to Love Park tonight as part of a Philadelphia segment of the "Million Hoodie March." The march's intent was to show support for Trayvon Martin, an African American teenager who was shot-to-death last month while walking home by a neighborhood watch volunteer in his Florida town, and also to bring awareness of the perceived injustice in the case. The watch volunteer has not been charged citing "self-defense".
The... Read More |
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| Whitney Houston Coroner Report Rules Drowning and Cocaine Use |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/22/12 7:00 pm | updated: 03/22/12 7:00 pm |
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The LA coroner's report has been issued today, ending weeks of speculation into how 48-year-old singer, Whitney Houston, died before she was found submerged in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills Hotel suite on February 11, the day before the Grammy's.
The coroner has ruled Houston's death an accidental drowning. She did have traces of marijuana, the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril as well as Benadryl in her system. But the coroner's office concluded that... Read More |
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| SEPTA's Transit Police Suddenly Go On Strike |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/21/12 7:15 pm | updated: 03/21/12 7:15 pm |
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Officers with SEPTA's transit police have gone on strike today as of 2pm. SEPTA and the union for the around 220 transit police officers have not been able to reach a settlement regarding the last few points of their contract. The two were in negotiations today when the union decided to strike at the last minute.
SEPTA officials say contingency plans are in place to provide security for its riders. Philadelphia officers will patrol the Broad Street and Market Frankford lines, as... Read More |
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| Mixed Verdict in Rutgers Webcam Case against Dharun Ravi |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/16/12 10:02 am | updated: 03/16/12 10:02 am |
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In the case against former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi the jury has returned a mixed verdict. Ravi was charged with secretly viewing his roommate in a sexual encounter with another man through a webcam. Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, 18, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge just days after learning that Ravi had used a laptop webcam to spy on him with a man.
He was being tried on a 15-count indictment including charges of bias intimidation, invasion of... Read More |
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| Second Teen Arrested in Danny DeGennaro Murder Case |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/15/12 1:24 pm | updated: 03/15/12 1:24 pm |
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Bucks County District Attorney, David Heckler, identified 18-year-old Tatyana Henderson as the second of five suspects in the Dec. 28 shooting death of guitarist Danny DeGennaro.
Henderson was already being held on unrelated charges but will face new ones in connection to the murder case. She will join Danasia Bakr, 17, who was arrested earlier this week, on charges including burglary, homicide and criminal conspiracy.
The three other suspects are still at large,... Read More |
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